agents

Class SimpleANAC2013Agent

java.lang.Object

negotiator.Agent

agents.SimpleANAC2013Agent

public class SimpleANAC2013Agent
extends Agent

This agent is an example of how to create an ANAC2013 agent which learns during the tournament. This agent is a variant of the random agent.

Author:

M. Hendrikx

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class negotiator.Agent

fNegotiation, parametervalues, sessionNr, sessionsTotal, startTime, strategyParameters, timeline, totalTime, utilitySpace

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SimpleANAC2013Agent()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Action	chooseAction() Accept if the utility of the opponent's is higher than the target utility; else return a random bid with a utility at least equal to the target utility.
void	endSession(double result) Set the target utility for the next match on the same preference profile.
java.lang.String	getName()
static java.lang.String	getVersion()
void	init() Initialize the target utility to MAX(rv, max).
void	ReceiveMessage(Action opponentAction) Retrieve the bid from the opponent's last action.

Methods inherited from class negotiator.Agent

getAgentID, getParameterValues, getSessionNumber, getSessionsTotal, getStrategyParameters, getUtility, internalInit, isUIAgent, loadSessionData, parseStrategyParameters, restartDataObjectsFolder, saveSessionData, setAgentID, setName, sleep

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SimpleANAC2013Agent

public SimpleANAC2013Agent()

Method Detail

init

public void init()

Initialize the target utility to MAX(rv, max). Where rv is the reservation value of the preference profile and max is the highest utility received on the current preference profile.

Overrides:

init in class Agent

getVersion

public static java.lang.String getVersion()

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Overrides:

getName in class Agent

Returns:

name of the agent.

endSession

public void endSession(double result)

Set the target utility for the next match on the same preference profile. If the received utility is higher than the current target, save the received utility as the new target utility.

Overrides:

endSession in class Agent

Parameters:

result - discounted utility of previous session round.

ReceiveMessage

public void ReceiveMessage(Action opponentAction)

Retrieve the bid from the opponent's last action.

Overrides:

ReceiveMessage in class Agent

chooseAction

public Action chooseAction()

Accept if the utility of the opponent's is higher than the target utility; else return a random bid with a utility at least equal to the target utility.

Specified by:

chooseAction in class Agent

Returns:

(should return) the bid-action the agent wants to make.